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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Philippe SIUBERSKI: Remember the cli-fi movie ''SNOWPIERCER''? Here's a new French graphic cli-fi novel that continues the story: TERMINUS

Evénement BD, le "Transperceneige" rejoint son "Terminus"

Pre-published by the magazine "Follow up!" in 1982, the Transperceneige immediately became a classic of the BD -- bande dessine -- of anticipation,foreshadowing the emergence of the climate fiction, or "cli-fi".

Remember the movie ''SNOWPIERCER''? Here's a new French graphic novel that continues the story: TERMINUS. The article was written by an AFP reporter in Paris but his or name is not given by the Frech wire service. You can expect translations of this AFP report on the AFP English and Spanish wire services, soon. For now, here is the French preview, with a photo of the cover. Dig in!

More than 30 years after the release of the first volume, the comic strip of science-fiction mythical "The Transperceneige" reaches its "Terminus" in a 4th episode always as dark and exciting, treated as a pamphlet anti-nuclear by the cartoonist Jean-Marc Rochette and screenwriter Olivier Bocquet.

Pre-published by the magazine "Follow up!" in 1982, the Transperceneige immediately became a classic of the BD -- bande dessine -- of anticipation, foreshadowing the emergence of the climate fiction, or "cli-fi".

In this graphic novel in light-dark, the passengers of a train, the Transperceneige --all mankind survivor, in fact-- lead for decades a journey without purpose through the extended frosts of a land ravaged by a climate cataclysm.

The fight for survival is ruthless among the proletarians, parked at the rear of this train which never stops, and the ruling classes, revered in the cars of head.

In 2013, the filmmaker South-Korean Bong Joon-Ho has inspired for his film note "Snowpiercer", which has reignited interest in the series BD.

"Terminus", fourth tome that fate among Casterman, constitutes the result of the first three episodes but also from the film.

We found the last passengers, to end of force, where they had been left: a database emerging from the ice, or they had been attracted by a strange music. Las, it was a recording running in a loop and the occupants of the place were reduced to the status of corpses.

"Since always, I had the idea of them down into the base. With the success of the film, I have implemented", explained to the AFP the French cartoonist Jean-Marc Rochette, who has spent nine months of his life to this new opus.

Adventure Story, the Transperceneige is also linked to the news. While the first volumes were marked by the tensions of the cold war, the nuclear disaster of Fukushima (Japan) and the crisis of the migrants have convinced Jean-Marc Rochette of the urgency to plunge its feathers in China ink.

"Nuclear is the hint which is dear to my heart since always. Fukushima has rekindled a few things which was present in me since my youth", he recalls.

Because if the passengers of the Transperceneige, immersing oneself in the bowels of the mysterious underground city, learn that they are not alone on earth, the society that they are discovering is the nightmare.